Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 191

Fingers crossed Wallis is just worrying over nothing.

We’ve plunged into the weekend amidst all the hustle and bustle.

Since I had fallen behind on work for a while, I stuck to my guns and chose to work overtime, as usual.

But halfway through, I got this urgent call out of the blue.

“Are you Jason’s next of kin? Please come to the city hospital right away.”

My heart skipped a beat when I heard that question, and I blurted out, “What’s happened to Jason?

“He’s got a leg injury, and he can barely make heads or tails of what he’s saying. What are your doing still standing there? Get over here, pronto!”

Leg injury? My mind went blank at those words; without hanging around, I bolted from my office.

An hour later, I saw Jason at the ER, whose leg was all wrapped up in bandages.

aged a decade overnight, and looked lost. Dark circles under his eyes almost told that he hadn’t slept a wink, and his eyes were all panic and flutter.

he was the one who was hurt.

him like that, I felt my nose tingled,

looked confused and tried to get up, using the

over, all heartache, and asked, “What

looked at me nervously and cautiously mumbled, “It’s nothing,

obviously hiding

nurse sidled up to us; she gave me the once–over, and said, “You’re the patient’s family,

heavy object hadn’t damaged his bones did I breathe a sigh of

security guard. How on earth did he

Jason hemmed and hawed.

this sour feeling inside, and my tone got a bit harsher, “Are you keeping something from

to spill the beans, a piercing and somewhat tacky voice

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my, Jason, heard you were hurt. How bad is it?”

shrill familiar voice, I’d heard it